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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Adam Schiff’s powerful closing in the impeachment debate is a speech for the ages.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down the individual mandate part of Obamacare, giving Democrats a line of attack against Trump and congressional Republicans; Trump rally-goers demanded Hillary be locked up minutes after he was impeached; and, Trump economic aide, Larry Kudlow, admitted the Chinese prefer Trump over Democrats because he doesn’t “go on about human rights and other things.”

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where in one of the world’s worst single instances of election violence, a Philippine court found top members of a political clan guilty of the 2009 massacre of fifty-seven people, among them thirty-two journalists; and, a Slovak businessman and three others will appear in court for the murder of an investigative journalist and his fiancee that sparked massive protests against graft in the country.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.”

-- The Daily Picayune,
New Orleans, March 5, 1851

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/19/1906595/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, there is a reason GOP leadership is so afraid of Lev Parnas.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Elaine Chao is under scrutiny for a $67 million grant to her husband's home state; an anti-gay Texas judge sued the state for telling her she must do her job; and, Congress is restricting Trump's ability to pull the US out of NATO.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the European rights watchdog said Greece needs to do more to counter bribery; and, veteran climbers are skeptical that Nepal’s new rules for Everest will address the root causes of the heavy death toll on the world’s tallest peak.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.”

-- Shauna Niequist
"Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/18/1906358/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Rudy made a stunning admission of guilt.

On the rest of the menu, a new Trump proposal will let banks count giving money to the NFL as helping the poor; GOP lawmakers reject sanctuary cities for humans, but they sure like them for guns; and, the Sackler Family drug cartel withdrew over ten billion dollars in a decade from their Purdue Pharma, and hid the proceeds in obscure trusts, holding companies and LLC’s.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Estonia apologized after its Interior Minister mocked the new Finnish Prime Minister as a 'sales girl;' and, the EU told Malta to hasten its push for independent judges and prosecutors amid an uproar over the investigation into the 2017 murder of journalist, Daphne Caruana Galizia.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

― Ernest Hemingway
"A Moveable Feast"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/17/1906138/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after fourteen hours of Republicans shouting lies about the Steele dossier during the impeachment hearings, Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch of Fusion GPS set about debunking them.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Kris Kobach's voter suppression database has been suspended 'for the foreseeable future;' the Pentagon will investigate whether it was legal for Trump to use active US troops at the border; and, seven years after the shooting that left twenty-six of their friends and family dead, Newtown students are turning to activism.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the US covertly expelled two officials from the Chinese embassy earlier this year, after they drove onto a military base; and, Nicola Sturgeon warned Boris Johnson he cannot keep Scotland in the union against its will.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help."

-- Julia Child

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/16/1905868/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Senator Kamala Harris is focused on the criminality of the Attorney General and the former NYC Mayor.

Then, on the rest of the menu, one hundred ninety-one House Republicans voted against slashing costs for prescription drugs; the Pentagon is investigating the wall contract awarded to a company Trump saw on Fox; and, Kentucky’s new Democratic governor restored the voting rights for more than one hundred thousand people.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where a Salvadoran asylum seeker sent to Mexico to await his court hearing, was kidnapped and murdered; and, Australia named its first female intelligence chief.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.”

― Douglas Adams
"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/13/1905333/-West-Coast-Cookbook-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Blue-Moon-Spirits-Fridays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the House Judiciary Committee worked late into the night debating the impeachment case against Donald Trump.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump complained Lindsey Graham didn't get enough air time to attack the FBI; the GOP senator who defended Giuliani's 'shadow foreign policy' will chair the ethics committee; and, Congress restored $250 million in funding to historically black colleges.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Chile’s former interior minister is stripped of his right to hold public office for failing to prevent human rights abuses by security forces during months of violent protests; and, French police arrested a former Argentine federal officer for crimes against humanity during the country’s “Dirty War.”

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Everyone in this good city enjoys the full right to pursue his own inclinations in all reasonable and, unreasonable ways.”

-- The Daily Picayune,
New Orleans, March 5, 1851

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/12/1905114/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Metro-Shrimp-amp-Grits-Thursdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Fox News, Trump, Bill Barr and the GOP are shredded for gaslighting the Inspector General’s report.

Then, on the rest of the menu, the Supreme Court’s latest move on abortion approves torture on the pregnant; a pro-Trump group lied about a congresswoman's impeachment comments in a new attack ad; and, Trump’s executive order to redefine Judaism as a race or nationality to tamp down antisemitism, is itself antisemitic.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where opposition activists and independent journalists say Cuba put them under house arrest on Human Rights Day; and, a federal judge issued a permanent injunction barring Trump’s attempt to transfer $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build his border wall.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"To those of us who believe that all of life is sacred every crumb of bread and sip of wine is a Eucharist, a remembrance, a call to awareness of holiness right where we are. I want all of the holiness of the Eucharist to spill out beyond church walls, out of the hands of priests and into the regular streets and sidewalks, into the hands of regular, grubby people like you and me, onto our tables, in our kitchens and dining rooms and backyards.”

-- Shauna Niequist
"Bread and Wine: A Love Letter to Life Around the Table with Recipes"


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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/11/1904853/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Smothered-Benedict-Wednesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, House counsel Barry Berke rebutted the GOP excuses for Trump on Ukraine.

On the rest of the menu, the guy who wrote the law authorizing warrantless wiretaps is now outraged that Devin Nunes' phone records got caught up in legally subpoenaed evidence; an ex-GOP congressman who lost his reelection in 2018 amid a ballot signature fraud scandal, will run again for 2020; and, Democratic governors are partnering with Stacey Abrams to stop rampant voter suppression ahead of 2020.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where Russia has been banned from the next Olympics and World Cup soccer for tampering with drug tests; and, Putin says the Georgian man conveniently™ murdered in Berlin in August was no angel and Moscow’s demand for his extradition was not heeded anyway.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.”

― Ernest Hemingway
"A Moveable Feast"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/10/1904631/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-Tarrytown-Chowder-Tuesdays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Joy Reid offered a template on how it should be done when Trump2020 shill Jack Kingston was reduced to offering hollow platitudes, after his lies and agitprop were demolished in real time on live television.

Then, on the rest of the menu, Mitch McConnell is reported to being blocked by his own party from calling impeachment witnesses Trump wants for the Senate trial; Kansas City, Missouri has approved free public transit for all; and, Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who gave life to Big Bird of 'Sesame Street,' has died at age eighty-five.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where tens of thousands of Ukrainians gathered in the center of Kyiv saying they will not accept a peace deal with Putin at the cost of the country’s independence and sovereignty; and, Finland’s transportation minister, Sanna Marin, was selected to become the country’s youngest prime minister ever.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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"I was never a spy. I was with the OSS organization. We had a number of women, but we were all office help."

-- Julia Child

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/9/1904357/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays

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Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, Trump could be impeached for admissions to the Ukrainian bribery plot that were broadcast live on Fox News.

Then, on the rest of the menu, security video shows Border Patrol lied about the death of a migrant teen in US custody; a federal judge slammed Florida Republicans' attempt to deny voting rights to thousands; and, Colorado voters don't like Trump, but they like Cory Gardner even less.

After the break, we move to the Chef’s Table where the Canadian Supreme Court declined to hear the citizenship appeal of an ex-Nazi death squad member; and, a court in Kosovo jailed a former minister for denying the 1999 Racak war massacre that prompted NATO intervention.

All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.

Bon Appétit!

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“Structural linguistics is a bitterly divided and unhappy profession, and a large number of its practitioners spend many nights drowning their sorrows in Ouisghian Zodahs.”

― Douglas Adams
"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe"

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Show Notes & Links: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/12/6/1903847/-West-Coast-Cookbook-amp-Speakeasy-Daily-Special-River-City-Hash-Mondays